eT ee ee %\ F . With ‘teday’s ~ preblems These are some of the con- ditions documented in a brief presented by the Communist Party’s - National Executive committee to the Senate and ‘Heuse of Commons Commit- .tee examining the Indian Act and it’s administration. The testimony of the Com- -munist Party before the com- mittee reveals a shocking pic- “ture of discrimination, exploit- ation and. poverty visited, on “the Native Indian . population Since the white man’s con- quest of North America. Beginning with the original occupation of Canada and the agonies it inflicted on the In- dian population the brief deals problems in the fields of economic needs, social , and political status. forth the following (1) A program of economic; and social measures to pro- vide the material base for equality of opportunity by large scale credits.for econ- OMic and social development to be financed by a § fund _.based on: compensation. by. the government. of--Canada_ for lands lost to the Indian com- munity by fraud and legalized plunder. The plan of development to be worked out in consultation with the Indian people and.ad- ministered hy “ee with no WOMEN URGE NEUTRAL LAOS Phe Women’s International Bemocratic Federation has sent a telegram to the Geneva conference on Laos urging it to “restore lasting peace in Laes.” The wire urges that the fourteen nations at the confer- Indian rights aired Communist brief ‘dn British Columbia thesmean number of people oy roem in Indian homes is 1.5 compared with 0.7 for whites. The worldly wealth of 94 percent of Indians; locked up in trust funds, averages hardly $90 apiece.” restrictions of co-operative forms of economic develop- ment in line with Indian tra- ditions. An investigation be launch- ed into the relations -of the Hudson’s Bay Company and abuses by a monpoly corpora- “tion, Consideration .be—-given by the Indian Commission for the provision by the United Na- tions of technical assistance and counselling to assist in implementing the foregoing 4 economic development. (2) A complete survey of existing educational . facilities and a pian to lift these facil- ities to the general level now prevailing in Canada. Improv- ed teacher training | facilities under Indian .supervision, en- listing UNESCO assistance if Indian trappers ‘with a view to|. } protecting ‘the latter against ‘COULD MEAN THOUSANDS OF NEW JOBS holiday week-end. The: convention the recently. concluded wheat Parley urges | | mission be sent to China A. cali for the establishment of a permanent British Columbia government wal commission in the People’s Republic of China highlighted‘a special resolution passed by the 14th convention of the Communist Party of B.C. meeting in Vancouver on the agreement signed ‘with’ China|: a & trade —* F welcomed! who is now Canada’s fount Jargest customer. ~The resolution stated that Continued from page 1 he .had obtained -a »personal pre-election pledge from Ken- nedy that he would never send troops to Georgia to enforce school. desegregation. Vandiver said he © supported?’ Kennedy only .- after receiving this promise. z ; Negro leaders throughout the U.S. have announced that they are determined now to continue their fight to smash the segregation laws and en- sure equality for . Negroes, They point out that next week over 65,000 Negro students be- gin their holidays and many of them will take ‘part in the fight against segregation in the South. Meanwhile, as the USS. Freedom: Riders prepare this week to continue their journey the support of all democratic- minded people will wish them success, and extend to them their support in this battle for freedom, even greater trade in such B, €. products’ as lumber, pulpy fish and minerals can be S@ cured, The establishment B.C. trade commission in Chit : na -would.. greatly facilitate business with one-quarter of the world’s population, ane could bring tens of thousands of new jobs to B.C. and Cane ada. j The convention also called for the re-establishment of the Canadian Merchant Marine’ in order to handle the vast a, goes that are now schedul to cross the Pacific. Finally, the convention once. again called for the diplom@ tic recognition of China by th® Canadian government an® support for her rightful plac? ~ in the United Nations. \ (For a full report of the BC Communist Party Conventio® see page 3.) — necessary. Separation of Church and. state in-education.and transfer’ of all church controlled estab- lishments to the Indian com-, munity. (3) Outlawing all forms of discrimination against the In-, dians; education amongst non-. Indians to inculate respect for’ nity of the Indian people. Abrogation of the Indian: Act together with the system of administration engendered by it, and its replacement by} a Constitutional enactment that shall accord » explicit recognition of identity of the rights as embodied Treaties, and proclaim - their right to self government. in all areas where they comprise a majority of the local popu-}| lation. (For full text ence arrange to prevent fu-) May issue of Marxist Re- ture interference by any ex-, view, Peoples Co-Operative ternal force in the affairs of; Bookstore, 307 West Pender. Lads. ; 25 cents). PUBLIC MEETING ‘REPORT FROM MOSCOW’ Hear WALTER TICKSON Just returned from tour of USSR and Moscow May Day : OCCIDENTAL HOTEL HALL Fitzwilliam Street, SATURDAY, MAY 27-8 P.M. No Admission Charge NANAIMO | the right of identity and dig-'§ Indian people, reaffirm their|} in the e of brief see/""" : aig A : ; oe he This is a Soviet artist’s conception of what a vehicle crossing the moon will. look. lik@ It has a TV set transmitting back to earth everything that a driver could see. It W® drawn by Geirgi Pokrovsky, artist and professor of technical physics. | aa Next steps planned in man’s | path tothe moon, including a moon-to-earth rocket, were outlined in Moscow last week. Nikolai Varvarov, an astro- nautics authority, Said